Murder Trial Little Girl Witness Saw Man and Mother Struggling. Melbourne
The chief witness in the case in which Arthur Sullivan, 29, laborer is charged with the murder of Ellen Turner was Peggy Turner, aged nine…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 34 of 79
"Liberty of the Subject" Police Methods in Perth. Perth
During the hearing of the inquiry concerning the arrest and detention of Mrs. Gladys Dillon, on a charge of having written defamatory letters, it was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Fixed It Up' Wife Murder--Suicide Struggle in Bathroom Tragedy at Bankstown. Sydney
The inquest concerning the deaths of Clara May Hess, 24, and Phillip Henry, Hess, 29, railway employee, at Bankstown, was opened to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arsenic in Stew Alleged Attempted Murder 16-Year-old Farm Hand Arrested. Sydney
A message was received in Sydney tonight from Uralla stating that the local police have arrested a 16-year-old farm hand on a charge of attempted murder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Stealing
Judging by the experience of Mr. C. B. Ware, owner of South Canning Downs Station, sheep stealing is rampant in the Warwick (Q.) district. Within the past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Mail Bags. Adelaide
A registered mail bag was rifled while on the way between Adelaide and Peterborough last night. The loss is not yet estimated. This is the second mail bag…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Took No Risks
A more or less vague rumor that the Grady's Creek mail to Kyogle was to be held up on Saturday last put the police on the qui[?] vive. It is said there was a…
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Thieves entered a shop in Mildura and stole golf balls, marbles, games and other articles of the total value of £310. They subsequently smashed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refused to Pay Three Months Gaol Found Court Proceedings No Joke. Melbourne
Cecil Monson, Frederick Wills and Dugald Duncan, said to be Communists, were each sentenced to three months' gaol, at the City Court to-day, on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refeshing' Dramatic End to Circuit Court Action
There was a sudden collapse in an action at the Warwick Circuit Court before his Honor the Chief Justice. (Hon. J. W. Blair) and la jury, in which Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pulled to Surface Partly Filled Bag Police Dragging Again
While fishing in the Clarence River, not far from the Clarence Bridge Works, Mr. G. Zietsch booked on to a bag, which he pulled to the surface, when his line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Joyriders Ran to Earth by Police Patrol. Sydney
At a late hour last night Sergeant Hannah and Constable Gilmore, while patrolling paddington in a police car, saw another car, which they recognised as one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenterfield Case Appeal to Privy Council Refused by High Court. Melbourne
The Full Court of the High Court of Australia to-day refused George Nelson a certificate to appeal to the privy Council in a case arising out of his conviction at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Dying in Street Victim of Supposed Assault. Sydney
The police are endeavoring to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the death of Joseph Dunovan, 51, of Waterloo, who was found lying in King street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Haul of Cocaine Police Raid House, Sydney
The police raided a house at Surry Hills last night and seized a quantity of cocaine and arrested a woman on a charge of having the drug in her possession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Arrested Alleged Assault in Train. Sydney
Following, the remarkable allegations of a girl of 18, who told the police that she had been assaulted in a carriage of the Cooma[?]mail train near Picton last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threat of Gaol for Future Offenders
At Muswellbrook on Friday, William Osborne who was charged at the police court, before Mr. Geikie, P.M., with having driven a motor car while under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6 or Three Weeks University Student Fined Magistrate's Comment. Melbourne
At the City Court John Cameran Loxton, 20, a Sydney University student, who was arrested following a disturbance in Collins street on Saturday night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Sentence Commuted Ten Years for Assault on Girl. Sydney
The State Cabinet commuted to imprisonment for ten years the death sentence imposed on Arthur Edward Semple, final Court on March 17, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Called on Police Driver Who Knocked Down Pedestrian. Melbourne
Charles Bush, laborer, of East Melbourne, driver of the car which collided with a market gardener's cart at Cheltenham, on June 1, killing Edward Flack,…
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